Megatron Wolf wrote: Bring back Cullen too just tell him to stop doing his old man prime voice and tell him to do normal Optimus Prime.

Peter is 71 years old. Do you expect him to sound the same when he was 43? He's doing his "normal" Optimus Prime voice, but people age, and it sounds older. You do know that he was 43 when he did his "normal" Optimus Prime voice, right?

At least this Optimus voice isn't edited with a vocoder in Prime, like the Movies (and to some extent, G1).

By "Kim Yura" & "Zimmo81"

Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.

Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.

Motto:"Our society's downfall will not be this war. The war IS our society. That which will get us will be the little things. Some humanoid race, some tossed cannon, the little things that no one looks out for. THAT is for what we must be vigilant."

Weapon: Twin Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launchers

Disappointed if this is true, but if it is, I'm not neccesarily surprised. Prime has done wonderful things as a cartoon, but three seasons seems to be the average lifespan of a TF cartoon nowadays

Megatron Wolf wrote: Bring back Cullen too just tell him to stop doing his old man prime voice and tell him to do normal Optimus Prime.

Peter is 71 years old. Do you expect him to sound the same when he was 43? He's doing his "normal" Optimus Prime voice, but people age, and it sounds older. You do know that he was 43 when he did his "normal" Optimus Prime voice, right?

At least this Optimus voice isn't edited with a vocoder in Prime, like the Movies (and to some extent, G1).

Then have him voice Optimus like he did for the Orion Pax episodes. An Average Joe we can all relate to instead of a pontificating stiff whose only emotion is anger or nothing.

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'

Boo. Transformers Prime has been the best series since G1. If they are going to end it, they'd better have a real wrap-up at least, instead of some dumb open-ended "there will be a sequel so we can sell more toys" type thing.

I am not a big fan of animal Transformers, as animal modes don't lend themselves to transformation very well, or at least most of the toys have done a poor job of it so far, so I am not enthused about a "beast hunters" theme. Maybe we'll get a few pleasant suprises like some updated Classics Dinobots, but I'll probably end up spending about as much money on any beastformers as I have so far on the Prime toys, which is none. (I love the show, but hate the look--it's the worst of both worlds, Animated and Movie.)

IF this is the end of Prime, I'll be extremely disappointed. I really like this series and was really hoping to see it continue and see where it was going. I really like the cast and will be sad to see them go but I'm not going to freak out and worry just yet. Hasbro has stated that this alligned continuity is what they're sticking with for a while so I'm pretty sure that Beast Hunters is going to be a crossing into point for the next portion, much like A/E/C had or Beast Wars & Beast Machines.

What I'm really hoping for is that Beast Hunters is going to be Prime's version of the G1 movie. After the movie, the G1 series continued but with a completely rebooted cast. I'd be ok with Prime season 3 doing this, and Prime continueing into season 4 & 5 following the cast of Ultra Magnus and Thundertron (since they have upcoming toys) as the story follows up on Exodus/Exiles type setting and introducing more characters. Then after a couple seasons of that, have it all lead back to Team Prime on Earth, with a merging of story lines for some epic conclusions and events.

Motto:"''How you use that knowledge is the other half of the battle.''"

Weapon: Twin Concussion Blasters

NO!...NO!oh gosh, NO!nonononononononononononononononononnononononnonononononononononononononnonoonononono!NO!i mean i didnt want prime to last a decade, but this is too short!

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creaks in these petty Hz from day to day, to the last segment of recorded data and all our yester-cycles have guided fools the way to rusty death- Out,out brief spark! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor shot that struts and frets his hour upon the field. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of cries and bullets, signifying nothing..."-Macbot

starwarrior1227 wrote:NO!...NO!oh gosh, NO!nonononononononononononononononononnononononnonononononononononononononnonoonononono!NO!i mean i didnt want prime to last a decade, but this is too short!

Prime wasn't going to last a decade. It was going to last 5 years. The Aligned continuity family is supposed to last a decade. That's not going to change.

By "Kim Yura" & "Zimmo81"

Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.

Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.

Motto:"''How you use that knowledge is the other half of the battle.''"

Weapon: Twin Concussion Blasters

PrymeStriker wrote:

starwarrior1227 wrote:NO!...NO!oh gosh, NO!nonononononononononononononononononnononononnonononononononononononononnonoonononono!NO!i mean i didnt want prime to last a decade, but this is too short!

Prime wasn't going to last a decade. It was going to last 5 years. The Aligned continuity family is supposed to last a decade. That's not going to change.

oh.....still...NO!NO!TOO SHORT!!NO!

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creaks in these petty Hz from day to day, to the last segment of recorded data and all our yester-cycles have guided fools the way to rusty death- Out,out brief spark! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor shot that struts and frets his hour upon the field. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of cries and bullets, signifying nothing..."-Macbot

starwarrior1227 wrote:NO!...NO!oh gosh, NO!nonononononononononononononononononnononononnonononononononononononononnonoonononono!NO!i mean i didnt want prime to last a decade, but this is too short!

Prime wasn't going to last a decade. It was going to last 5 years. The Aligned continuity family is supposed to last a decade. That's not going to change.

oh.....still...NO!NO!TOO SHORT!!NO!

By "Kim Yura" & "Zimmo81"

Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.

Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.

I wonder if this has anything to do with Hasbro's mishandling of the toyline. They aren't selling because there are too many damn Bumblbees. But like the DotM line it's because they screwed up distribution, not a lack of interest.

NewFoundStarscreamLuv wrote:me and my friends combine all the time. Sometimes I even combine by myself if no one is around.

If Hasbro believed in the way they handled their product, they would let it last longer.

"Everyone has a hobby.Even people who say they don't still have one under another name.If we're sick,injured, we still go to it and get down to see how it is.If it needs something, we bring it,make sure the attention is perfect.It exercises our care and protection and gives us back philosophies.It's a living thing to us,and is the most perfect way to teach a young person how to be towards a living thing. It's something that should never be taken away." -my Wife

UPDATE Jeffrey Combs confirmed today 9/16/2012 that there will be a fourth season of Transformers Prime - the series will NOT end with season 3. Early cutoff rumor untrue."

So it IS continuing. Yay!

WHEW! That was a close one. Yayayayayayaya!

By "Kim Yura" & "Zimmo81"

Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.

Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.

It'll be a shame when PRIME finishes, but as they say all good things must come to an end. And those that don't end tend to become less and less of a good thing as time goes on. I only hope that Hasbro allows PRIME to end with a proper conclussion. I'll welcome whatever takes over so long as the quality remains. Perhaps the replacement series will give an insight into which characters will be appearing in Transformers 4.

Justanormalguy wrote:Hmmm, I may have to look into this. I would like to know what "Beast Masters" is though.

That was a typo on Burn's part. He meant "Beast Hunters".

Oh ok. I wonder what that may be. Return of beast modes?

It's Season 3(or 3.5) of Transformers Prime. We speculate the introduction of the Dinobots and Star Seekers.

By "Kim Yura" & "Zimmo81"

Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.

Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.

Well we can all breathe a sigh of relief. But remember, the same person who started the rumors is the one who debunked them haha. Obviously Prime is continueing into a season 4 but Combs has said nothing about Ratchet going forward, AND there's still the "iteration" comment he made, so there's obviously going to be a large change/shake up in the middle of season 3. And for all we know, season 3 may be 26 episodes, the 16 episode cutoff is for Combs/Ratchet ... We'll just have to wait and see, while resting comfortably knowing "the show will go on"

Whatever actually happens, I hope what comes next for Transformers cartoon-wise features better writing. Animated is still the gold star standard for writing in a Transformers product marketed to children in my eyes, even if it felt like a stop-gap cartoon because of its poor animation/low budget.

I'm hoping for something featuring writing by Barber, Roche, or Roberts, or even character designs by Roche. Nick's artstyle would translate incredibly well to a show.

njb902 wrote:You can all stop freaking out now, we'll at least until rodimus2006 discovers this thread.

That's kind of rude (but true).

But I'm surprised nobody has updated the news post. What's up with that?

By "Kim Yura" & "Zimmo81"

Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.

Dead Metal wrote:Have you ever, and i mean ever seen/read/heard something that is completely original and does not copy/homage/pay tribute to something else? Here's a hint: Nope. You never have and you never will.

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'